I've never come across a long latin word/phrase that meant something good, so please, someone, prove me wrong...
Long latin words = bad?
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We never really use facillimus outside of the latin class now do we?[/quote]xmetatr0nx said:
I use it all the time, dont know what youre talking about
Well that one is 10 letters so hurray![/quote]Roaminthecrimesolvingpaladin said:
You made it ^_^
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, a poem I read in school last year
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
Yes, but dulce et decorum is a poem to prove how much it sucks in reality.Time Travelling Toaster said:Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, a poem I read in school last year
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
Wilfred Owen, but isn't the point of the poem that it's a lie?Time Travelling Toaster said:Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, a poem I read in school last year
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
DAMN YOU, at least I was right...DagothGares said:Yes, but dulce et decorum is a poem to prove how much it sucks in reality.Time Travelling Toaster said:Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, a poem I read in school last year
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
Carpe diem and festina lente are phrases I can totally agree with. And speaking latin is... My god, it hurts!
But not longxmetatr0nx said:certe facillimusDagothGares said:From what I remember facillimus means 'most easy'...
Could you please give me an example?
And while we are doing phrases what about carpe diem? Thats fairly positive thing.
I would say yes, but the cut-off for 'long' is 8 lettersjedstopher said:
Although I may make an exception
Yeah, the line before it is "That old lie:"Roaminthecrimesolvingpaladin said:Wilfred Owen, but isn't the point of the poem that it's a lie?Time Travelling Toaster said:Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, a poem I read in school last year
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
Probably up there with Ozymandias' "Nothing beside remains" in the Top 10 Lines People Miss From Quotes That Completely Reverses The Meaning.
Bonus marks for whoever finds the other 8.
As for good latin...that's tricky. Does osseointegration count as latin? It's when titanium implants fuse to bone. Thats jolly good.
Got a whole bunch.
Ave Cesar, nos morituri te salutant.
''Hail Ceasar, we who are about to die salute you.''
I think I got that right, do correct if I'm wrong.
Ad majorem dei gloriam.
''For the greater glory of God.'' To those so inclined.
Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
''By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.''
Dulce est decorum est, pro patria mori.
''It is sweet and good to die for one's country.'' Or something along those lines. For the patriotic or the cynical.
Ave Cesar, nos morituri te salutant.
''Hail Ceasar, we who are about to die salute you.''
I think I got that right, do correct if I'm wrong.
Ad majorem dei gloriam.
''For the greater glory of God.'' To those so inclined.
Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.
''By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.''
Dulce est decorum est, pro patria mori.
''It is sweet and good to die for one's country.'' Or something along those lines. For the patriotic or the cynical.